Cordova: You may not have the required environment or OS to run this project

Question

On Linux Mint 17.1 x86_64, Cordova v4.3.0 gives this error:

$ cordova run android

Running command: /home/naman/test/platforms/android/cordova/run 
WARNING :         


        

Answer 1

I got a same error my solution is underlying.

1. command adb device no result.....
2. install usb drive for mobile (my phone is lg g3)

reeboot and command adb device again : result device showing. then tried again 3. ionic run adnroid --device "OK";

Answer 2

I had the same error building the android platform, and no solution given here could help me. I decided to run the gradlew command shown by cordova, and saw there was a problem with a png file included in the cordova project. After removing it, I managed building the platform again.

Answer 3

Ubuntu

If you are having issues on Ubuntu, you may want to try installing the following packages, per the docs:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 zlib1g:i386

You may also need to install this package:

sudo apt-get install lib32z1

Answer 4

You may need to uninstall the existing app on your device.

I installed my app on that device from another computer. When I run cordova run android I get

You may not have the required environment or OS to run this project.

But when I try to install my apk by adb it told my that the app was already installed. So I uninstalled it an it worked.

Answer 5

This is just to have one more reason for this error documented here and for them who are still searching for solution.

When I came accross this error, I tried almost all the solutions listed on the stackoverflow.

My issue was my device was not getting detected by adb, adb kill-server/start-server also not helped me, ***

but changing USB port helped.

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Answer 6

Happens when platform is added without internet connection.

Ensure internet is OK and type :

cordova platform remove blackberry10

cordova platform add blackberry10

Try to build and run :

cordova run

Hope this fix your problem, also for other platform